Carline.



T; N. RUSSELL.

GARLINB. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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4 T. N. RUSSELL.

GARLINB. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 19m

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" UNITED STATES THOMAS N. RUSSELL, or oHIoAeanLmoIs, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO-CLEVELAND can PATENT A o FioE.

ROOFING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

cARL NE.

To all whom it'may concern I Be it known that I, THOMAS N. RUssELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-lines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invent-ion relates to a new and improved construction of carline, the leading object of whichis to add greatly to the strength of a car-roof to enableit to better withstand the racking strains to which such structures are commonly subjected. Briefly, I attain thisend by making my improved carline in the form of a compound structure composed essentially of a diagonally-arranged memberextending from side to side of the car, two other andshorter members in alinement with each other each extending from the central portion of the first-name member toward. one side of the car and united at their inner ends by a bridge piece that extends over the said longer member.-.

the structure as a whole being X-s'haped.

The particular construction and arrange-.

ment of the parts are hereinafter described. That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims. y In the drawings,Figure l is a top or plan view of the roof-supporting frame of a car embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a section through the side plates and ridgepole of the-car, taken at line 22 of Fig. 1, the purlins shown insaid Fig. '1 being omitted; Fig. 3 is a detail-being a. plan view of an end ofone of the diagonal members of the compound carline and illustrating the means employed for fastening such end in placeyFig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the central port-ion of my compound. carline; Fig. 5 is a cross-section at line-5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a cross-section at line 66 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 is a cross-sectionyat line 7 7 ofFil i.

Re erring to the several figures of the drawings in which corresponding parts are indicated by like reference nun1erals1(),in-

di'cates the side plates, and 11 the end plates each formed of a strip of angle-iron, thever Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.-21, 1914.

. Application filed September 5 1912. SerialNo. 718,654.

tical portion'of-which is, near each end, cut away from the horizontal p-artand bent to form tongues .13- t-hatlie against, the inner faces of the side plates 10 to which they are made fast by bolts, as shown,,.t he horizontal portions being continued over the said plates 10 and havin 1 their ends turned down and secured by sti other bolts, as'shown'. 14 indicates theridge-pole oft-he car-roof any desired construct-ion.

16 indicates onemember of my improved compoundficarline and as shown,.'it consists of' a T-shaiped rail extending diagonally from side to side of the car. 17- and 18 indicate two other members of this compound carline, each consisting of a r'net-al'strip of and -1 5;the purlins. These parts may be of.

member 16. The membei's 17 and 18 are each approximately half the lengthof the member 16 and are arranged on oppositeranged as are the carlines 12, but by reason of the bracing arrangement of the parts this compound structure prevents the root from being injuriously I afi'ected by strains and shocks to a much greater extent than such old-style carlines- It is necessary of course that the inner ends of the short members 17 and"18 be united, and for this purpose I provide a device that not only serves that e'ndbut serves also as a support for. the ridgepole andi-as ameans for locking the three members-.16, 17 v andv 18 together. Thisdevice that permits all these ends to be attained I shall designate a bridge and it'is indicated by the nuthe same cross-sectional appearance as the moral 19. As shown best in Fig. 5.its end.

portions 20 are formed to fit snugly around the head and vertical web-of the respective members 17 and 18, being secured tothose members by suitable rivets 21 as shown.

The central portion of thebridge. 19lies;:{=

' over and rests upon the diagonal n embenlfi,

and in its upper face is formed'nisliallowzre:

lies

' qfcess 2 2that provides a seat for the ridgeranged as to fit snugly against opposite sides 1.0

I ole l4,"the ,ridge-polebeing adapted to be olted' in place by-bolts passing through bolt-holes 23' arranged near opposite sides and near the ends of the said recess or seat.

. 'Depen'ding from the under face of the bridge 19, and preferably formed integral therewith are twoheavybrackets 24xso afr of the vertical'web of the-member 16 th -'which web they are to be secured by rivets or otherwise. By'thus connecting the inner ends of the two short members 17-48 long member 16, asjust described, a com-.

great rigidity and which when-applied, one

; at each end of a car as shownin will,

very stron 9 120- 1 resist any tendency of the roof as a "w ole to weaken under shock or strain. The diagonal arrangement of the members of my improvedcarlinealso lends itself to securing 1t 1n a firm mannerto the side-plates 10 by the use of but a single bolt .at-each end of each member.- As shown best in Fig. 31 the vertical and horizontal webs' ofthemembers16-17-18 are separated at their-outer ends to permit the vertical Webs to be turned to form wings 26 that lie against the inner'faces of the plates 10 and "the horizontal parts of thesaid members are extended over the upper faces ofsaid plates and then turned to form flanges 27 that bear against the outer faces thereof. On acmembers of the carline each flange.27 is count of thediagonal arrangement of the brought in front of the adjacent wing 26 sufliciently to permit a single securing bolt 5 28 to bepassed through'the said flange and l 0 wingand the plate '10. \V-here acarline extends 'acrossthe car parallel-to the ends of the car, as in the case ofthe c'arlines 12 for example, the wing that is turned out from.

and the flange to the plate.

.1; the vertical web will lie to one side of the end flange and hence a single boltcannot. .well 'be employed for securing both the wing As an addi A I tional fastening means for the ends of the -carline members, I turn the wings '26' at their outer ends to form on each a narrow "vertical flange 29 that is adapted toenter a correspondingly-shaped groove formed in the. inner face of the plate to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A carline comprising a long member extending transversely across a car roof and having its ends secured to the side plates thereof, alined short members arranged at site sides thereof'and having their inner ends adjacent to said long member-,yand a mem er connecting the inner ends of the short memberstogether, said bridge having a; seat arranged diagonally therein" for the -recep tion of, the ridge" pole of said car roof member extending transversely across a car side plates thereof, a pair of relatively short member and having their inner ends adjacent to the'central portion of said'long member, and uniting means for securing the inner ends of the short members to the long ridge poleof said car roof.

3; A compound carline comprising in combination, two members in alinement and spaced apart, a third member located between said two members. each of said three members being formed of a bar section having a horizontal web and a, vertical web, a bridge extending over the horizontal web of said third member and having end portions adapted to fit over the horizontal webs securing said bridge to the vertical webs of all three'of said members. a

4. A metal carline-formed of a strip having a horizontal and a vertical web which are separated near one end and the vertical web turned to'form a wing with a narrow outwardly-extending flange at its :end and the end of the horizontal web 1 having a downwardly-extending flange, .whereby a side plate of a car can be secured between saidwing and last-named flange with the groove in such side plate.

THOMAS N. RUSSELL. WVitnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS,

H. D Busn.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

-Washington, D. 0.

What I claim as my invention and-desire angles to the long member and on the oppo roof andshaving its .e'nds secured to the,

members arranged at angles to said long of the two alined members, and means for said narrow flange of the wing engaged in a at I ihrid e secured diagonally across the long,

to hold the same from lateral displacement.

- 2: A jcarline comprising a relatively long u member and constituting a support for the 

